diff --git a/src/urlRouter.js b/src/urlRouter.js
index 33c17090f..05ef8dc81 100644
--- a/src/urlRouter.js
+++ b/src/urlRouter.js
@@ -262,8 +262,8 @@ function $UrlRouterProvider(   $locationProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
    *
    */
   this.$get = $get;
-  $get.$inject = ['$location', '$rootScope', '$injector', '$browser'];
-  function $get(   $location,   $rootScope,   $injector,   $browser) {
+  $get.$inject = ['$location', '$rootScope', '$injector', '$browser', '$sniffer'];
+  function $get(   $location,   $rootScope,   $injector,   $browser,   $sniffer) {
 
     var baseHref = $browser.baseHref(), location = $location.url(), lastPushedUrl;
 
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ function $UrlRouterProvider(   $locationProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
         if (angular.isObject(isHtml5)) {
           isHtml5 = isHtml5.enabled;
         }
+
+        isHtml5 = isHtml5 && $sniffer.history;
         
         var url = urlMatcher.format(params);
         options = options || {};
diff --git a/test/urlRouterSpec.js b/test/urlRouterSpec.js
index d25d14105..ab916c051 100644
--- a/test/urlRouterSpec.js
+++ b/test/urlRouterSpec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 describe("UrlRouter", function () {
 
-  var $urp, $lp, $ur, location, match, scope;
-
+  var $urp, $lp, $s, $ur, location, match, scope;
   describe("provider", function () {
 
     beforeEach(function() {
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ describe("UrlRouter", function () {
         scope = $rootScope.$new();
         location = $location;
         $ur = $injector.invoke($urp.$get);
+        $s = $injector.get('$sniffer');
+        $s.history = true;
       });
     });
 
@@ -236,6 +237,13 @@ describe("UrlRouter", function () {
         expect($lp.html5Mode()).toBe(true);
         expect($urlRouter.href(new UrlMatcher('/hello/:name'), {name: 'world', '#': 'frag'})).toBe('/hello/world#frag');
       }));
+
+      it('should return URLs with #fragments when html5Mode is true & browser does not support pushState', inject(function($urlRouter) {
+        $lp.html5Mode(true);
+        $s.history = false;
+        expect($lp.html5Mode()).toBe(true);
+        expect($urlRouter.href(new UrlMatcher('/hello/:name'), {name: 'world', '#': 'frag'})).toBe('#/hello/world#frag');
+      }));
     });
   });